The Outstanding Junior Clinician Education Manuscript Award is targeted to clinician-educator junior faculty (Assistant Professor/Instructor) in the development stages of their careers. The junior faculty member must have first-authored an outstanding peer-reviewed clinical education journal article focused on the care of older adults. Selection of award winners will consider the article's novelty, methodological, clarity of presentation, and potential to influence education relevant to the care of older adults.
2025 Recipient: Eva Syzmanski, MD & Jessica Zuo, MD
Eva Szymanski, MD and Jessica Zuo, MD, both Assistant Professors of Medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine at University of Pennsylvania and staff physicians at the Philadelphia VA Medical Center have been recognized with the 2025 Outstanding Junior Clinician Education Manuscript Award for their work on “Implementation of a geriatric assessment SmartPhrase: A multi-institutional pilot study”published in the Journal of the American Geriatric Society in 2024.
Recognizing that as the aging population grows, geriatric assessment is becoming an essential clinical skill, Drs. Szymanski and Zuo integrated a geriatric assessment SmartPhrase (which are note templates in the electronic health record) into inpatient and outpatient geriatrics rotations. Trainees reported significant improvements in their knowledge, confidence, and ability to perform a geriatrics assessment. Many also noted its positive impact on clinical practice and continued to use the SmartPhrase beyond their geriatrics rotation, highlighting its broader applicability across different medical settings.
Past Recipients of the Outstanding Junior Clinical Education Manuscript Award
2024 Kimberly Beiting, MD
2023 Susan Glassburn, PhD, MSW
2022 Patricia G. Ng, MD, FACP
2021 Anna Goroncy, MD
2020 Marcia Mecca, MD
2019 Rebecca Brown, MD, MPH
2014 Erika Rozalia Manu, MD
2013 Kimberly S. Johnson, MD, MHS